Ruler · 1918 – 1999

Shankar Dayal Sharma

Lived 1918 – 1999; politician. President of India (India), 1992 – 1997.

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Lived: 1918 – 1999; 81 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; India
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of India

India · the 11th of 17 dated reigns · 1950 – 2022

7 before

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy1977 – 1982

Zail Singh1982 – 1987

Ramaswamy Venkataraman1987 – 1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma1992 – 1997

K. R. Narayanan1997 – 2002

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam2002 – 2007

Pratibha Patil2007 – 2012

3 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1992 – 1997 · 5 years · came to it aged 74

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1997; they died in 1999

Sharma was elected president of India in 1992 and served till 1997 during which period he dealt with four prime ministers, three of whom he appointed in the last year of his presidency.

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